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Monday, March 12, 2012

Sun Worshipers Rejoice!

In our little slice of heaven, the clock has made its annual adjustment forward, making the sunrise a bit later and the sunset later too. And I could not be happier! The first morning is always the most difficult, of course, and most of my friends joined me in accidentally sleeping late because the sun was nowhere to be found at the usual "time." Whatever "time" means to you.

This leafy mess is the area outside my kitchen window

where I'll soon be installing an herb garden.

Aside from this first dark thrust into the new work week, though, the beginning of Daylight Savings Time is a wonderful thrill for me! It is one more signal that winter is closing up shop. Springtime conditions are in full force in Oklahoma already, but now even the calendar agrees. It gives me butterflies. Or, chickens. Or whatever.

The chickens are more than happy to scratch up the weeds

and devour whatever bugs they can find,

especially when I tempt them with a good layer of manure.

This loosens up the heavy clay and saves me a lot of time with the spade.

It's like slave labor. Only more symbiotic.

Now we can cook more slowly in the evening and hopefully crave less heavy meals, too. We can eat dinner, clean up the dishes, and still have time to walk around the farm without a flashlight. We can feed a second round of kitchen scraps to the chickens in the evenings because they'll be foraging still. Handsome can feel the sun on his skin every day now, rather than just see it through his airtight office windows, so we anticipate spending more hours together outside, and not just on the weekends. This is such a good time of year.

Of course, Mia supervises the whole operation.

On top of all of this, I am feeling so thankful for the gentle, consistent rain! It bears repeating that after last year's brutality, this year's mildness will be reverently accepted as an undeserved gift every single day.

Interestingly, in addition to the clock shift, we are also in the beginning days of a waning moon here. So I suppose after finishing some housework I should get to work on soil amendment and planting potatoes, garlic, carrots, and radishes, which are all below ground crops.

The many slices of time and season that God gives us are so fascinating! A time for everything, for every purpose under heaven.

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Farm Fresh Eggs 2013: 799

Last year was wonderful! We collected 959 eggs, allowing us to share them with friends and bake constantly. Beginning early February of 2013, we have started a fresh count! When we reach 500 eggs, whenever that is, I'll do a fun giveaway, so stay tuned!